for every stage of writing.

It all starts with an idea. We help you spark it. Tap into hundreds of Writing Prompts to help you develop stories, train your voice, write poems, and more.

Or pick a card, any card, from the Creator Deck. You can choose from categories like genre, setting, character, and conflict. Then flip them to see all the potential story combinations. A psychic during the Industrial Revolution wracked with personal guilt? A coming-of-age battle of good vs. evil set in a hospital? We’re listening.

Great stories come from great characters. The Character Builder walks you through everything that makes characters come alive on the page: their wants, wounds, masks, and more. Who knows? They might even surprise you.

Story Work gets at the heart of your piece across forms. What’s the question at the root of your novel? What makes this essay matter? What are the stakes of your memoir?

Once you’ve finished, you can transfer these over to the Project Hub and get to work.

Some writers fly by the seat of their pants. We respect that. Notecards is for writers who need to see everything laid out in front of them. Add your scenes, chapters, and beats here. Drag them around until the order feels right. You can link the board to a project and it’ll live right next to your work.

Of course you get a word processor. But Whipsmart is so much more than that.

Sessions tracks time spent and word count every time you sit down to write. See your history as a list or a calendar. Set daily goals and watch your work add up to a finished piece.

Here’s where the work gets refined.

You can create Variants to explore different versions of the same piece without losing what you already have. Maybe you want to test a riskier ending. Maybe the opening needs to be bigger. No, wait. Quieter. Keep everything, commit to nothing.

Then there’s the Manuscript builder. Drag and drop your documents until the order feels right, and see the shape of the entire work at once. Especially useful for poetry collections, essay anthologies, and anything where sequence is everything.

As you’re writing, you can share drafts with anyone, changing the permission level based on whether you’re co-writing with them, collecting comments, or just asking them to give it a read.

Not loving where a draft is going? Instead of deleting and losing it forever, move it into Darlings to come back to it later.

Whipsmart is packed with resources to help you sharpen your writing in one place. These wikis will guide you whenever you’re stuck or need a refresher. Play with literary devices like anaphora, compression, and metaphor. Understand storycraft elements like pacing and stakes. Uncover what makes an effective horror novel or how to subvert the romance genre.

The writing is done. Now what?

The Submissions tracker helps you manage where your work has been and where it’s going. Log publications, track responses, and find your work a home.

Contacts is where you can add information for beta readers, editors, agents, anyone you might be reaching out to.

You can keep up with all your events in one place, from deadlines for applications to readings, conferences, and retreats.